Lustmord

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Human beings are obsessed with control.

on March 12, 2010 at 3:51 PM

Wouldn't that make it Todeslustmord.

kinaidos on March 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM

I'm pretty sure I've dated that woman.

Well, someone like her. Except her poison was psychological.

kitschnsync on March 12, 2010 at 3:53 PM

I thought it was Lindy who liked serial killers...

Timmytee on March 12, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Incorrect German, if I recall correctly. "Lust" does not mean English lust but rather "want", so "Lustmord" is more like premeditated murder.

DavidG on March 12, 2010 at 5:51 PM

Damn. Now the whole world knows the GOP strategy for regaining power.

foolish-rain on March 12, 2010 at 6:51 PM

Ah yeah, heard about Jane Toppan on one of those haunted tours of Boston last fall. She was apparently completely forthcoming with the number of people she killed - and how she killed them - upon her arrest.

Anne in MA on March 13, 2010 at 6:11 AM

@5: A sex murder is lustmord in German.
However, a sex murderer is a Lustmöder (not a lustmoderer), which is odd because Mörder which means murderer sounds like our murder.

on March 13, 2010 at 11:49 PM